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H. L. GULLINE, W. S'OHWEGEL & J. OONNOLLY. HORSE COLLAR,

No. 596,423. Patented Dec. 28,1897.

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UNITED" STATES PATENT HENRY LAWRENCE GULLINE, WILLIAM SOHW'EGEL, JOHN COFNOLLY, OF GRANBY, CANADA; SAID SOHWEGEL AND CONN OLLY ASSIGNORS TO SAID GULLINE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,423, dated December 28, 1897- Application filed March 25, 1897. Serial No. 629,245. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 3 shows one-half of the body of a horse-collar Be it known that we, HENRY LAWRENCE with the chafe-piece in position. Fig. 4 is a GULLINE, WILLIAM SCI-IWEGEL, and JOHN front view of the complete collar. Fig. 5 is CONNOLLY, of the village of Granby, in the a back view of the complete collar; Fig. 6, 5 county of Shefford and Province of Quebec, a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 7 a trans- Canada, have invented certain new and useverse section thereof on line '7 7, Fig. 5.

ful Improvements in Horse-Collars; and we In carrying out ourinvention we useablank do hereby declare that the following is a full, of the contour shown in Fig. 1 for each half of clear, and exact description of the same. the body and comprising straight, crook, IO This invention relates more particularly to and liner sections in one piece and adapted pneumatic horse-collars, although of general to be folded longitudinally along the dotted application, and has for its object to improve line 1 into liner and back portions a and b b b, the construction thereof, whereby any chances respectively. These so-called straight and of the trace-hooks accidentally ripping same crook sections comprising the back are I 5 open arereducedtoaminimum,besidescheapeach of tapering form from their junctionening and simplifying to aconsiderable eX- point outward to their ends, and the ends of tent the manufacture of the collars. the liner portion taper also. The back por- I-Ieretofore the leather bodies of horse-coltion is partially separated by a five-sided lars have been made of two halves, each comnotch, presenting the opposite straight edges 2o posed of two like parts stitched or otherwise 2 2*, adapted to be secured together, a curved secured together and with a chafe-piece havedge 3, and two other curved edges 4: 5, adapting one edge bound in with the outer edges ed to be secured to the edge 3. These several of the body portions of each'half, thus necesedges are secured together after the blank sitating a seam along the body dividing the has been folded, as shown in Fig. 2, and it 25 liner and back portions thereof as well as will be noticed that an intermediate portion locating the edge of the chafe-piece in line b of the back is left intact between the base with such seam. After considerable experiof the notch and the line of fold 1 of liner and ment we have ascertained that by cutting a back portions in order thatthe usual chafeleather blank of a particular contour each piece may have its outer edge secured to the 3o body-half can be made of a single piece and back portion in such a manner as not to overby proper manipulation given the required lap the liner portion in any way. The edges rounded form at the junction of the straight 2 2 of the notch and any other parts are skived and crook portions without the appearance before being secured together to obtain neat of any objectionable knobs or corners and joints, and they may be secured by stitching, 3 5 with the main seam confined entirely to the riveting, or otherwise. After the edges 2 2 line of connection of the body with the rim are secured together the edges 4. and 5 are of the collar, all other additional stitching whipped onto the edge 3, so that when combeing located at a point which the chafe-piece pleted and filled out the elbow or corner is of readily covers and which also allows the outer perfect rounded form and entirely free from 4o edge of such chafe-piece to be stitched to the any orinkles, knobs, or points, a result not back portion of the body, so as not to overhitherto obtained inleather horse-collars,eaoh lap in anyway the liner portion of such body. half proper of which was in one piece. Before For full comprehension, however, of the infilling the collar the chafe-piece d is secured vention reference must be had to the analong its outer edge only by stitching d or 5 45 nexed drawings, forming a part of this speciriveting to the intermediate portion 1) of the fication, in which like symbols indicate 0012- back and so that such chafe-piece will extend responding parts, and wherein completely over and cover up all the seams Figure 1 is a view of the blank used to formformed by securing the edges of the notch tothe body-half. Fig. 2 shows such blank in gether, the side edges of the chafe-piece not 10c 50 folded position with the seams that are 10- requiring to be secured. The two likehalves cated beneath the chafe-piece stitched. Fig. of a complete body are now brought together at the throat portion and their edges 7 overlapped and secured together, the throat-piece 6 being temporarily held in position and the edges 8 8 of the body, as well as the edges of the throat-pieceand the inner edges of the chafe-pieces, brought together and stitched, thus completing the body portion of the collar. The body portion formed as described is then secured to the rim in the usual manner by stitching, lacing, or riveting along their respective meeting edges, and the collar is complete with the exception of filling and the usual pad-buckle, billet, &c.

It will be at once apparent that a much stronger and cheaper collar is produced by the construction just described and that all necessity for the usual finishing welt or strip required to cover up an outer longitudinal seam is dispensed with, besides the advantage derived by the chafe-piece not reaching or overlapping the liner portion and so avoiding chances of ripping, &c.

What we claim is as follows:

1. A horse-collar, the body-halves of which are each formed of a single piece of elbow form seamless throughout the liner portion and also throughout the back up to the junction of the straight and crook portions thereof, and at such junction covered by a chafe-piece the outer edge of which is located adjacent to but does not reach or overlap said liner portion, for the purpose set forth.

2. A horse-collar the leather body-halves of which are formed of a single piece of elbow form, notched on the convex edge thereof,

folded longitudinally and having the edges of V the notch secured together and the convex and concave edges of the piece secured to gether to produce a complete body free from points or knobs, as set forth.

3. A blank for a horse-collar body-half, comprising an integral straight section, crook section, intermediate back section, and liner section, the straight and crook back sections being separated by a notch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Granby, Quebec, 27th day of February, 1897.

HENRY LAWRENCE GULLINE. WILLIAM SOHWEGEL. JOHN OONNOLLY.

In presence of- OWEN N. EVANS, B. STEWART PATTERSON. 

